UNIX

Why Linux?

Because of its networking and multiuser features

Why in so common using Unix and Java?

The wheel Group

The wheel group is a group which limits the number of people who are able to su to root.

The basic set up, as it was in the beginning, was to do the following:

  1. Create a “wheel” group in /etc/groups
  2. Change the permissions of the “su” command so that only those in the “wheel” group may run it.

Software location

Usually we can have 2 optins:
  • /usr/bin is where launchers are kept.
  • /usr/lib/chromium-browser is where all the binaries and data required for use by a program is kept -- that can essentially be considered where a program is really installed.
  • /usr/share is where the Application entry, and where the `man' entries are kept for a program.

or

  • some installations is installed in /opt instead, rather than in the various directories in /usr
For example, Chrome is installed in /opt/google/google-chrome